Appeal  for  an 
International  Monument  in 
Geneva 

To  commemorate  the  work  of 
John  Calvin, 
1509-1909 


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APPEAL  FOR  AN 

INTERNATIONAL  MONUMENT 

IN  GENEVA 


TO  COMMEMORATE  THE  WORK  OF 

JOHN  CALVIN,    1509-1909 


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APPEAL  FOR  AN 

INTERNATIONAL  MONUMENT 

IN  GENEVA 


TO  COMMEMORATE  THE  WORK  OF 

JOHN  CALVIN,    1509-1909 


Being  an  Account  of  the  Meeting  Held  in 
New  York  City,  April  18,  1907 


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Geneva,  "Whair  I  nether  feir  nor  eschame  to  say  is  the  maist  per- 
fyt  schoole  of  Chryst  that  ever  was  in  the  erth  since  the  dayis  of  the 
Apostillis." — John  Knox,  in  letter  to  Mrs.  Locke,  Dec.  9,  1556, 
Works  IV,  240. 

"Those  who  consider  Calvin  only  as  a  theologian  fail  to  recog- 
nize the  breadth  of  his  genius.  The  editing  of  our  wise  laws  in  which 
he  had  a  large  share  does  him  as  much  honor  as  his  'Institute.' 
Whatever  revolution  time  may  bring  in  our  religion,  so  long  as 
the  love  of  country  and  liberty  is  not  extinct  among  us,  the  memory  of 
this  great  man  will  not  cease  to  be  held  in  reverence." — Jean  Jacques 
Rousseau,  du  Contrat  Social,  Livre  II,  chap,  vii,  note. 

"John  Calvin  ....  of  a  vast  genius,  singular  eloquence, 
various  erudition  and  polished  taste." 

"Let  not  Geneva  be  forgotten  or  despised.  Religious  liberty 
owes  it  much  respect,  Servetus  notwithstanding." — John  Adams,  in 
his  "Discourses  on  Davila,"  Works  VI,  313. 

"As  a  religious  belief  for  individual  men,  Calvinism  was  emi- 
nently favourable  to  the  progress  of  liberty." — Samuel  Rawson 
Gardiner,  History  of  England,  1603  to  1642,  Vol.  I,  p.  24. 

"Modern  Democracy  is  the  child  of  the  Reformation,  not  of  the 
Reformers." — Charles  Borgeaud,  Professor  of  History,  Univer- 
sity of  Geneva,  in  his  Rise  of  Modern  Democracy  in  Old  and  New 
England,  p.  2. 

"Protestantism,  especially  in  the  form  which  Calvin  gave  it,  was 
hostile  to  absolutism  both  in  church  and  in  state,  and  carried  with  it 
a  moral  vigor  without  which  the  mere  revival  of  classical  learning 
would  have  been  powerless  to  effect  deep  social  changes  ...  A 
positive  force  impelled  Calvinists  to  be  advocates  of  popular  govern- 
ment."— Professor  Herbert  L.  Osgood,  of  Columbia  University, 
"The  Political  Ideas  of  the  Puritans,"  in  the  Political  Science  Quar- 
terly, 1 89 1,  pp.  229-230. 


T  N  April,  1907,  the  following  invitation  was  sent  out 
*  to  a  number  of  representative  persons  in  different 
parts  of  the  country : 

The   year  1909   will  be   the  fourth  centennial  of  the 
birth  of  John  Calvin.     An  impressive  celebration  is  being 
prepared  for  that  year  in  Geneva,  the   principal  feature 
of    which   will   be    the   erection   of   a   monument   com- 
memorating Calvin's  work    and   influence.     The    move- 
ment  as   conceived    and   outlined  by    its   promoters   in 
Geneva  is  to  be   not  primarily  theological   or  local,  but 
comprehensive  and  international,  and  the  monument  is 
intended  as  a  permanent  memorial  of  the  influence  of  the 
great  reformer  and  his  associates  upon  the  modern  world, 
from   the   broad   point  of   view   of   history.      Wherever 
Calvinism  went  in    that  momentous   epoch,   there    went 
the  seeds   of   law  and   liberty;  and   England,  Scotland, 
Holland,  Germany    and  France  will  unite  with  Switzer- 
land in    this   commemoration.      No   people   should   join 
more  earnestly  or  gratefully  in  commemorating  Calvin's 
work   than    the   American   people,  who   owe  to   him  so 
much  of   their   religious   and   political   inspiration  and 
guidance.     It  is   hoped   that   figures   representative   of 
America,  as  of   the  other  lands  where   Calvinism  was  a 
shaping  influence,  may  find   place  upon  the  monument. 
A  conference  of  those  desiring  toco-operate  with  the 
Genevan  committee  in  this  proposed  Calvin  commemora- 
tion will   be  held  at    the  Union    Theological   Seminary, 
700  Park   Avenue,  New    York,  on  Thursday,  April  18, 
1907.     You   are   cordially  invited  to  be  present. 
Charles  Francis  Adams 
Edwin  Anderson  Alderman 
William  Adams  Brown 
Charles  William  Eliot 
Cyrus  Hall  McCormick 
Francis  Landey  Patton 
Oscar  Solomon  Straus 
William  Jewett  Tucker 
Andrew  Dickson  White 


In  response  to  this  invitation,  about  one  hundred 
persons  assembled.  Acting  President  George  William 
Knox  of  Union  Seminary  was  elected  chairman  and 
called  on  Professor  Foster  of  Dartmouth  for  a  statement 
as  to  what  has  been  done  in  Geneva  and  what  it  is  pro- 
posed to  do  in  this  country. 

Professor  Herbert  D.  Foster  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege said:  The  leading  citizens  of  Geneva  propose  "the 
erection  in  1909,  in  connection  with  the  400th  anniver- 
sary of  Calvin's  birth,  of  a  monument  commemorating 
Calvin's  work  and  the  influence  exerted  upon  the  mod- 
ern world  by  the  Calvinistic  Reformation."  It  is  in 
thorough  harmony  with  the  lofty  devotion  of  Cal- 
vin, who  did  not  wish  his  grave  to  be  marked,  that 
this  monument  should  commemorate  not  the  personality 
of  the  Reformer,  but  rather  the  work  of  the  Reformation. 
It  is  equally  appropriate  that  it  should  be  erected  where 
he  and  his  fellow  reformers  did  their  work,  in  the 
Republic  of  Geneva  which  he  transformed  into  a  model 
Puritan  State  and  an  international  centre. 

Whatever  form  the  monument  may  take — whether 
of  statues  of  great  historic  personages  or  of  figures  rep- 
resenting the  common  people — the  Genevan  Monu- 
ment Association  assures  us  that  there  will  be  adequate 
commemoration  of  the  great  men  and  their  great  work. 
Two  sites  have  been  considered,  either  of  them  appro- 
priate, one  a  quiet  spot  in  the  grounds  of  the  University, 
the  other  a  platform  to  be  built  in  the  Rhone,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city,  adjoining  the  proposed  new  City  Hall 
and  Reformation  Bridge.  If  sufficient  funds  can  be 
raised  to  warrant  the  selection  of  this  striking  and  cen- 
tral situation  in  the  full  sweep  of  the  Rhone,  in  the 
midst  of  the  grand  scenery  of  river,  lake,  and  moun- 
tains, there  would  be  erected  a  stately  architectural 
structure  including   sculptures  which  "would   appeal  to 


every   one   crossing   the   Rhone   or   walking  along   the 
quais." 

The  determination  of  the  form  and  site  of  the  monu- 
ment may  safely  be  left  to  the  Genevan  Association. 
This  Association,  composed  of  the  most  responsible  and 
judicious  men  in  the  city,  has  been  organized  on  a  busi- 
ness-like and  legal  basis  and  has  raised  about  200,000 
francs,  the  equivalent  of  five  francs  from  every  Protest- 
ant in  Geneva. 

Outside  of  Geneva  the  work  of  forming  committees 
has  already  begun:  in  Germany  under  the  auspices  of 
the  "Huguenottenverein,"  the  Prussian  Cultus-Minister, 
the  Hofprediger  Dryander,  and  Professor  Harnack;  in 
England  and  Scotland  by  joint  action  of  individuals  and 
of  the  Huguenot  Society;  in  Holland  through  committees 
of  both  the  Remonstrants  and  the  staunch  Calvinists;  in 
France  through  a  committee  of  which  Baron  de  Schick- 
ler.  Pastor  Weiss  and  Professor  Doumergue  are  leading 
members.  That  America  should  take  an  adequate  share 
in  this  broad  and  international  commemoration  seems 
reasonable  on  both  financial  and  historical  grounds. 
The  informal  committee  of  arrangements  for  this  confer- 
ence has  felt  that  America  in  view  of  her  resources  and 
her  indebtedness  to  the  historic  products  and  by-products 
of  the  Reformation  might  reasonably  be  expected  to 
raise  $25,000  toward  the  monument. 

President  Francis  Landey  Patton  of  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  said:  I  am  in  cordial  sympathy 
with  this  movement  and  I  thoroughly  approve  of  the  idea 
of  erecting  a  monument  to  the  Reformation  as  repre- 
sented by  Calvin.  In  this  commemoration  the  greatest 
breadth  of  sentiment  should  be  represented.  In  the  light 
of  that  sentiment  of  course  there  can  be  no  question  but 
that  America  ought  to  contribute,  and  contribute  very 
liberally  toward  this  monument.     We  may  not  all  empha- 

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size  the  same  things,  but  there  will  be  a  large 
number  who  can  emphasize  something,  and  in  that 
way  this  movement  ought  to  enlist  the  very  hearty 
sympathies  of  a  great  many;  for  when  we  look  at  the 
Reformation  in  a  large  way,  it  is  not  only  the  religious 
interest  which  is  involved,  but  it  stands  for  the  enfran- 
chisement of  the  individual.  It  was  a  great  movement 
in  the  interest  of  free  thought.  Nobody,  I  suppose, 
could  be  indifferent  to  the  part  that  Calvin  played  in  it. 

There  was  a  comprehensiveness  about  Calvin  which 
made  him  take  in  all  human  interests,  and  whether  one 
believes  in  his  theology  or  not  he  must  feel  indebtedness 
to  him  for  his  very  great  service  in  the  sphere  of  politi- 
cal liberty. 

There  are  still  some  who  somehow  believe  that 
Calvin  was  not  far  wrong  in  his  theology,  and  that 
his  "Institutes,"  considered  even  as  a  piece  of  scien- 
tific thinking  in  theology,  is  a  monumental  work. 
While  these  political  and  civic  interests,  these  by-prod- 
ucts, are  important,  I  am  not  quite  ready  to  say  that 
my  special  interest  is  in  the  by-product.  I  should  not 
place  more  value  on  the  by-product  than  on  the  main 
output,  but  quite  the  reverse;  and  I  give  you  fair  warn- 
ing that  I  am  going  to  give  my  little  contribution  to  the 
monument  as  an  expression  of  my  admiration  of  Calvin's 
"Institutes." 

President  Charles  W.  Eliot  of  Harvard  University 
said:  I  hope  this  celebration  will  be  enthusiastically 
prosecuted  in  our  country.  I  am,  however,  an  advocate 
of  the  by-product  of  Calvinism.  It  was  an  immense  by- 
product— political  freedom;  and  that  fruition  is  enough 
for  me.  It  is  a  tremendous  lesson  that  a  life,  the  direct 
product  of  which  was  a  theological  doctrine  already 
dead,  after  only  four  centuries,  nevertheless  brought 
forth  results  of  incalculable  value  to  the  human  race. 

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Professor  WnxisTON  Walker  of  Yale  University 
said:  The  presence  of  an  audience  like  this  must 
convince  any  one  that  Calvin  is  very  much  alive  at  this 
hour.  The  main  products  and  the  by-products  alike  of 
his  work  are  still  living  forces.  I  do  not  fall  below  the 
speaker  who  has  just  emphasized  the  greatness  of  the 
"Institutes"  in  my  admiration  for  that  wonderful  prod- 
uct of  the  human  mind.  It  is  perhaps  the  highest 
achievement  in  the  field  of  systematic  presentation  of 
Christian  truth,  if  viewed  from  the  standpoint  of  logical 
conclusiveness  of  argument. 

Glance  with  me  for  a  moment  at  some  of  those  by- 
products of  Calvin's  marvelous  work.  The  Reforma- 
tion movement  had  its  special  perils,  not  all  of  which 
were  escaped,  and  among  which  not  the  least  was  the 
danger  of  coming  under  the  control  of  secular  authority, 
of  becoming  a  section  of  the  State.  Now  it  was  one  of 
Calvin's  great  services  that  he  counteracted  this  tendency 
and  preserved  in  no  inconsiderable  measure  the  independ- 
ence of  the  Church. 

Furthermore,  Calvin,  more  than  any  one  else  of  his 
age,  taught  men  to  think  for  themselves.  He  taught 
reverence  for  constituted  authorities,  but  he  believed 
with  all  the  firmness  of  intense  conviction,  that  no  man, 
or  body  of  men,  whether  king  or  parliament  or  magis- 
trates, should  be  obeyed  when  the  voice  of  God  had 
been  heard.  But  who  should  decide  when  God  speaks: 
who,  except  each  man  for  himself,  as  he  asks  the 
question  whether  king  or  parliament  or  magistrate 
are  in  agreement,  in  their  acts  and  enactments,  with  the 
command  of  God?  What  is  Calvin's  work  in  this  respect 
but  an  education  of  the  common  man  to  an  independence 
in  thinking  in  religion  which  he  must  of  necessity 
speedily  carry  over  to  thinking  in  politics,  and  which 
would  lead  the  common  man,  also,  to  affirm  the  right  of 

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the  people  to  regulate,  examine,  and  control  those  who 
ruled  over  them?  If  Calvin  had  done  nothing  else,  that 
contribution  to  progress  is  in  itself  weirworthy^ofgour 
commemoration. 

Calvin  was  no  misanthrope.  He  was  fundamentally 
an  optimist.  To  make  the  will  of  God  regnant  was,  in 
his  conviction,  the  sure  method  for  the  betterment  of 
human  society.  That  is  the  kind  of  optimism  we  need 
in  our  own  age.  That  is  what  made  our  ancestors 
from  Scotland,  from  Holland,  from  England,  from 
France,  from  Switzerland,  it  may  be,  the  strong,  cour- 
ageous,   God-fearing,  liberty-loving  men  they  were. 

Mr.  Edwin  D.  Mead  of  Boston  said:  I  am  glad 
that  there  is  to  be  erected  a  monument  to  Calvin,  as  an 
expression  of  our  debt  to  the  new  spirit  that  came  into 
the  world  with  him.  I  cannot  help  thinking  here  today 
of  an  interesting  meeting  which  I  had  with  Felix  Adler 
five  years  ago,  as  I  was  making  a  pilgrimage  to  the 
Calvin  places  in  Europe.  What  was  my  surprise  and 
satisfaction,  to  hear  him  greet  my  story  with  enthu- 
siasm, "I  have  been  reading  Calvin,"  he  said,  "for 
the  last  half  dozen  years,  and  have  come  to  feel  not  only 
that  he  has  a  message  forme  individually,  but  a  message 
which  we  all  in  America  profoundly  need." 

I  think  that  Doctor  Patton  struck  the  main  truth. 
Out  of  Calvin's  central  theology  has  come  all  the  rest. 
Of  course  it  is  the  fact  that  Calvin  did  stand  for  the 
Republic  of  Geneva,  and  that  example  doubtless  influ- 
enced John  Knox  and  the  Puritans  of  Holland  and  Eng- 
land and  New  England.  But  the  power  of  the  theolog- 
ical doctrine  was  ever  present  and  the  shaping  force. 
It  is  not  the  thought  of  predestination  or  election ;  it  is  the 
great  thought  of  the  sovereignty  of  God.  Calvinism 
brought  men  as  no  other  religious  system  ever  did  into 
the  very  presence  of  God.      It  cared  little  about  stained 

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•windows  and  music  and  ritual;  but  it  cared  mightily 
about  the  Eternal.  In  that  presence  social  and  polit- 
ical distinctions  seemed  unimportant;  democracy  was 
inevitable.  We  are  feeling  today,  I  think,  a  rebirth 
of  that  sense  of  the  sovereignty  of  God,  the  sovereignty 
of  law. 

The  peace  movement  really  came  out  of  Calvin- 
ism. Who  was  Henry  IV,  the  author  of  "The  Great 
Design,"  the  first  plan  for  the  federation  of  Europe,  but 
the  leader  of  the  Huguenots,  the  Calvinist  party  in 
France?  William  Penn,  the  Quaker,  it  was  who  first 
stated  the  doctrine  of  world  organization  in  a  disinter- 
ested and  humanitarian  way;  and  Quakerism  was  born 
of  Puritanism.  "The  Rise  of  Modern  Democracy  in  Old 
and  New  England"  is  the  theme  of  Charles  Borgeaud, 
one  of  the  chief  workers  in  Geneva  for  this  Calvin 
Commemoration;  and  the  power  of  the  book  is  in  its 
showing  of  the  parallelism  of  the  religious  and  political 
influences  which  had  their  source  in  Calvin  and  the 
Puritan.  Calvin  was  the  great  prophet,  philosopher 
and  inspirer  of  our  Puritan  fathers. 

Reverend  Henry  A.  Stimson,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of 
the  Manhattan  Congregational  Church,  said:  I  have 
heard  from  the  lips  of  Senator  Hoar  in  regard  to  Calvin 
and  his  work,  expressions  identical  with  those  which 
Mr.  Mead  has  uttered.  It  is  a  great  delight  that  men 
should  come  together  on  such  a  theme. 

The  work  that  Calvin  did,  conscientiously  and  rejoic- 
ingly, was  his  work  for  young  men.  He  said  that  he 
had  received  six  thousand  young  men  as  wood  and  sent 
them  back  as  arrows.  As  one  of  the  youngest  of  the 
great  nations  it  is  peculiarly  fitting  that  we  should  help 
to  build  this  monument,  for  he  exalted  the  power  of 
young  men  in  the  world,  and  the  influences  which  have 
come  from  his  life  are  today  in   the  hearts  of   the  young 


men  who  are   looking  forward  to   the  future. 

Reverend  Arthur  Judson  Brown,  D.D.,  Secretary 
of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  said: 
Calvin  had  profound  influence  in  the  formation  of  socie- 
ties for  doing  the  missionary  work  of  the  world,  through 
his  ideas  of  God   and   God's  relation  to  the  world. 

The  following  extracts  from  letters  were  read: 

Ex-President  Andrew  D.  White:  Although  my 
way  of  thinking  has  led  me  far  from  Calvinistic  ten- 
ets, I  cherish  respect  for  Calvin's  motives,  for  much 
of  his  work,  and  for  its  relation  to  human  liberty,  as 
presented  so  forcefully  by  Buckle.  I  shall  be  exceed- 
ingly glad  to  see  a  monument  to  John  Calvin  at  Geneva. 

President  Edwin  A.  Alderman,  University  of 
Virginia:  No  greater  influence  for  the  reign  of  right- 
eousness and  service  has  appeared  among  men  in  these 
last  centuries.  However  one  may  agree  or  disagree  with 
the  tenets  of  Calvinism,  the  spirit  of  Calvinism  unques- 
tionably means  character  and  integrity  and  virtue. 

President  Henry  Hopkins,  Williams  College:  Every 
one  who  understands  the  true  history  of  Calvin's  life  and 
of  the  movement  for  human  freedom  which  he  set  going 
should  favor  the  project  of  a  monument  in  Geneva. 

President  Ethelbert  D.  Warfteud,  Lafayette  Col- 
lege: Please  say  for  me  personally  and  for  this  Pres- 
byterian College,  that  every  effort  to  assist  in  the  Cal- 
vin commemoration  will  be  made. 

Professor  Albert  Bushnell  Hart,  Harvard  Uni- 
versity :  I  feel  a  warm  interest  in  the  enterprise,  both 
as  a  Puritan  by  descent,  and  as  a  traveller  and  historical 
investigator,  particularly  interested  in  Switzerland. 

Professor  Herbert  L.  Osgood,  Columbia  Uni- 
versity: I  gladly  express  my  sympathy  with  the 
movement  which  is  now  in  progress  to  induce  Americans 


to  share  in  the  plan  of  erecting  a  monument  in  Geneva 
to  John  Calvin  and  to  the  Reformation.  In  the  case  of 
no  nation  or  people  would  such  action  be  more  appro- 
priate. As  a  nation  we  are  in  a  very  real  sense  a  prod- 
uct of  the  Reformation  .  .  .  Calvin's  ''Institutes"  and 
the  writings  of  its  interpreters,  formed  the  political 
text-books  of  the  New  England  Puritans,  and  from 
those  sources  the  earliest  type  of  American  political 
theory  was  derived. 

Professor  William  MacDonald,  Brown  University: 
The  proposed  participation  in  the  Calvin  commemoration 
at  Geneva,  in  1909,  commends  itself  to  me  as  something 
in  which  American  historical  scholars  should  be  interest- 
ed. ..  .  We  have  come  to  appreciate  Calvin's  personal 
power  and  his  historical  significance;  and  there  should 
be  no  difficulty  in  rallying  support  for  a  proposal  to 
share   fittingly  in  the  commemoration  of  his  birth. 

Professor  John  H.  Latane',  Washington  and 
Lee  University:  Both  as  a  student  of  history  and  as  a 
Huguenot  I  hope  that  the  efforts  you  are  putting  forth 
will  meet  with  a  general  and  cordial  response. 

Professor  Jean  Charlemagne  Bracq,  Vassar  Col- 
lege: I  consider  Calvin  one  of  the  greatest  personal  forces 
which  have  ever  radiated  from  my  native  land — and  Gen- 
eva— upon   the   wider  world. 

.  William  Wallace  Fenn,  Dean  of  the  Faculty 
of  the  Divinity  School  of  Harvard  University:  I  am 
heartily  interested  in  the  movement  and  shall  be  glad  to 
assist  the  Committee  that  may  be  appointed  in  whatever 
way  it  may  see  fit  to  use  me. 

Professor  John  Winthrop  Platner,  Andover  Theo- 
logical Seminary:  The  movement  on  foot  looking 
towards  a  celebration  of  the  fourth  centenary  of  Cal- 
vin's birth  has  my  hearty  approval.  All  of  us  here 
at  Andover  are  deeply   interested  in   the  matter,  and  we 


stand  ready  to  co-operate  in  any  measures  that  may  be 
undertaken. 

Reverend  Junius  B.  Remensnyder,  D.  D.,  pas- 
tor of  St.  James'  (Lutheran)  Church,  New  York:  I 
take  great  pleasure  in  accepting  your  invitation  to  the 
conference  for  aiding  in  an  appropriate  commemoration 
of  the  fourth  centennial  of  so  eminent  a  spiritual  person- 
ality and  so  incalculable  a  factor  in  moulding  and  for- 
warding the  church   of  God,  as  John  Calvin. 

The  late  Reverend  Teunis  S.  Hamlin,  D.D.,  Pastor 
of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant,  Washington,  D.  C, 
wrote  two  days  before  his  death:  I  am  honored  by  an 
invitation  to  attend  the  meeting  in  re  the  Calvin  fourth 
centennial.  I  beg  to  say  how  deeply  I  am  inter- 
ested in  this  movement,  -and  how  desirous  to  participate 
in  it  in  any   way  possible. 

Professor  Frederick  J.  E.  Woodbridge  of  Colum- 
bia said:  These  letters  which  have  been  read  surely  give 
us  great  hope  that  the  enterprise  we  have  proposed 
will  prosper  in  every  way.  I  was  designated  by  Pres- 
ident Butler  to  represent  Columbia  University  here  and 
I  think  I  ought  to  express  his  regret  that  he  could  not 
be  present  to  assure  you  that  all  that  Columbia  Univer- 
sity can  do  will  be  gladly  and  heartily  done. 

Many  other  letters  expressing  sympathy  with  the 
movement  were  also  received. 

President  William  Jewett  Tucker  of  Dartmouth 
College,  who  had  suggested  the  Conference,  was  pre- 
vented by  serious  illness  from  being  present  or  from 
expressing  the  deep  interest  he  has  taken  in  the  move- 
ment from  its  inception. 


FORMATION   OF  A  COMMITTEE 

The  following  Executive  Committee  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  organize  an  American  Committee  and  other- 
wise co-operate  with  the  Reformation  Monument  Associ- 
ation of  Geneva: 

George  William  Knox,  Edwin  Doak  Mead 

Chairman  William  Rogers  Richards 

William  Adams  Brown  William  Henry  Roberts 

Herbert  Darling  Foster  John  Martin  Vincent 

Melancthon  Williams  Jacobus  Williston  Walker 
Samuel  Macauley  Jackson,  Secretary 

692  West  End  Ave.,  New  York  City 

Theodore  Roosevelt,  President  of  the  United 
States,  has  consented  to  act  as  Honorary  President  of  the 
General  Committee. 


Checks  should  be  drawn  to  the  order  of  the  Calvin 
Monument  Fund  and  sent  to  the  Secretary,  Samuel 
Macauley  Jackson,  11  Waverley  Place,  Manhattan,  New 
York  City. 


DATE  DUE 


HIGHSMITH  #45115 


BW2012  .R33 

Appeal  for  an  international  monument  in 
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